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Employment-population ratio at 65–74: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Employment-population ratio at ages 65 to 74 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Young and older workers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 27.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 30.2 %
RI 32.8 %
DE 26.6 %
CT 34.1 %
NJ 35.1 %
MD 32.1 %
MA 34.2 %
VT 30.8 %
NH 33.6 %

Lowest: 18.4 to 24.1 %
Group 2: 24.1 to 26.3 %
Group 3: 26.3 to 27.6 %
Group 4: 27.6 to 30.2 %
Highest: 30.2 to 35.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	New Jersey	35.1
2	South Dakota	34.9
3	Massachusetts	34.2
4	Connecticut	34.1
5	Hawaii	33.7
6	New Hampshire	33.6
7	Nebraska	33.4
8	Rhode Island	32.8
9	Maryland	32.1
10	Vermont	30.8
11	District of Columbia	30.2
12	Kansas	29.7
13	Virginia	29.1
14	North Dakota	28.9
14	Texas	28.9
16	New York	28.5
17	Illinois	28.2
18	Colorado	28.1
19	Alaska	27.8
19	Minnesota	27.8
21	Utah	27.6
22	Nevada	27.5
23	California	27.4
24	Pennsylvania	27.3
25	Iowa	27
25	Montana	27
27	Maine	26.7
28	Delaware	26.6
28	Florida	26.6
30	Georgia	26.4
31	Oklahoma	26.3
32	North Carolina	26.1
32	Ohio	26.1
34	Indiana	25.9
35	Missouri	25.5
36	Louisiana	25.4
36	Tennessee	25.4
38	New Mexico	25
39	South Carolina	24.6
40	Mississippi	24.2
41	Washington	24.1
41	Wyoming	24.1
43	Oregon	23.9
44	Wisconsin	23.6
45	Arizona	23.2
46	Michigan	22.9
47	Kentucky	22.7
48	Alabama	22.4
49	Idaho	22.2
50	Arkansas	22
51	West Virginia	18.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2301: Employment Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by employment-population ratio at ages 65 to 74 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-employment-population-ratio-at-ages-65-to-74/

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